Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (688210) for CS for SB 932
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 358 - 384
    4  and insert:
    5         627.749 Autonomous vehicles; insurance requirements.—
    6         (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
    7         (a) “Automated driving system” has the same meaning as in
    8  s. 316.003.
    9         (b) “Autonomous vehicle” has the same meaning as provided
   10  in s. 316.003(3).
   11         (c) “Fully autonomous vehicle” has the same meaning as
   12  provided in s. 316.003(3).
   13         (d) “On-demand autonomous vehicle network” has the same
   14  meaning as provided in s. 316.003.
   15         (2) INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.—
   16         (a) A fully autonomous vehicle with the automated driving
   17  system engaged while logged on to an on-demand autonomous
   18  vehicle network or engaged in a prearranged ride must be covered
   19  by a policy of automobile insurance which provides:
   20         1. Primary liability coverage of at least $1 million for
   21  death, bodily injury, and property damage;
   22         2. Personal injury protection benefits that meet the
   23  minimum coverage amounts required under ss. 627.730-627.7405;
   24  and
   25         3. Uninsured and underinsured vehicle coverage as required
   26  by s. 627.727.
   27         (b) The coverage requirements of paragraph (a) may be
   28  satisfied by any of the following:
   29         1. Automobile insurance maintained by the owner of a fully
   30  autonomous vehicle with the automated driving system engaged
   31  while logged on to an on-demand autonomous vehicle network or
   32  engaged in a prearranged ride;
   33         2. Automobile insurance maintained by the on-demand
   34  autonomous vehicle network; or
   35         3. A combination of subparagraphs 1. and 2.
   36         (3) ADDITIONAL COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.—
   37         (a) For purposes of compliance with chapter 324, the owner
   38  or registrant of an autonomous vehicle, when the vehicle is not
   39  subject to subsection (2), must furnish proof of ability to
   40  respond in damages for the owner’s or registrant’s liability on
   41  account of crashes arising out of the use of a motor vehicle:
   42         1. In the amount of $1 million because of bodily injury to,
   43  or death of, one person in any one crash;
   44         2. Subject to such limits for one person, in the amount of
   45  $1 million because of bodily injury to, or death of, two or more
   46  persons in any one crash;
   47         3. In the amount of $1 million because of injury to, or
   48  destruction of, property of others in any one crash; and
   49         4. With respect to commercial motor vehicles and nonpublic
   50  sector buses that are autonomous vehicles, in the amounts
   51  specified in ss. 627.7415 and 627.742, respectively.
   52         (b) This subsection is repealed on January 1, 2025.
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   54  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   55  And the title is amended as follows:
   56         Delete lines 50 - 52
   57  and insert:
   58         terms; providing insurance requirements for fully
   59         autonomous vehicles and coverage requirements for
   60         autonomous vehicles; providing for future repeal of
   61         specified coverage requirements;